The Butch Walker Ameliorative Effect Works!

You know all those miracle diets and cures that are too good to be true?  Well, Bibi is here to tell you, the Butch Walker Ameliorative Effect works and not just for me.  I had been talking about Butch to a fellow staffer, gave him the BWMT II.2 (I think--have to start keeping better records on that) last week.  Today, he made a special effort to let Bibi know that he LOVED the cd!

Bibi about halfway up the Pyramid of the Sun, Teotihuacan

He'd had a tough morning, lots of drama before he even made the drive to work.  Put the BWMT II.2 in the cd player in the car and by cut 7 (The Weight of Her), he felt SO MUCH BETTER!  I could have told him this would be true.  And why not?  He'd already heard

Mixtape (Butch--I will always love this song, even if you no longer sing it in your shows)
Bodegas and Blood (if this one doesn't perk you up, check your pulse.  You may be in more serious trouble than you realize)
Sweethearts (just want to squeal--this one is SO great!)
Day Drunk (raucous, rocking bar singalong here--millions of snapshots shoot through my brain....goodbyyyyyyyye)
Synthesizers ((I can stay out ALL night, like Sacajawea in a paint fight--OOOH!)
Closest Thing to You (Butch at his romantic best, best, best:  Cause I see your face when they turn out my light.  His voice--OMG!)

Very gratifying to Bibi that someone else feels the so positive effect of Butch's voice and songs.  After G told me this, I was energized for the rest of the morning.  And then, for lunch, had to share with y'all.

Highly recommend listening to Butch Walker to make your afternoon go WAY better.

Love ya, Butch!  Thanks for being there!

Butch Walker in Chicago, December 30, 2012, Setlist Update

Happy New Year to all of you!  Had a relatively quiet NYE--what could compare to December 30's Butch Walker show, right? 

Butch in one of his favorite places

Here's a bit of an update for the setlist.  Should have included the three new songs in the list; can't remember exactly where in the show they came in, but they didn't detract from the overall buzz.  And, no, did not take Butch's cue to go to the bathroom during either of the new songs.  He's SO funny! 

Glad he did ATL first and of course, wish he had done Sweethearts.

ATL

Passed Your Place, Saw Your Car

Going Back Going Home

Closer to the Truth

Pretty Melody

Dublin Crow

The Closest Thing

The Weight of Her

She Likes Hairbands

Race Cars and Goth Rock

Synthesizers (YES--he played mandolin!!!) And he included Eileen in the lyrics!

Summer of '89

3 Kids in Brooklyn

Butch talked a lot about guitar playing, played some ZZ Top riffs and a song I can't name, yet

Sucker Punched

Hope to get back online later today; hard to say.